Hydrocarbon fuel and method of making the same



Patented June 17,- 1924.

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ments in Hydrocarbon Fuel and Methods of Making the Same, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates tohyd'rocarbon fuel and refers 'more particularly, to hydrocarbon fuel such, as is used in automobiles or;

other internal combustion. engines.

Among the objects of the in ention is to produce a homogenized mixture f hydrocarbon fuel, such as kerosene or gasoline, with water and either with or without a third substance. The invention also resides in the process of producing the fuel and the fuel itself and in the process of operating an whereby there is used as ,a liquid fuel a homogenized mixture of gasoline, kerosene .or other, hydrocarbon oils or other liquid fuel with water orother substance.

It has heretofore been proposed to increase the efficiency of internal combustion engines by injecting into the manifold or other part of the engine a steam vapor which will not only prevent carbon in the engine, but Will ive a smoother runnin and also increase 516 efliciency of the engine. Such arrangement, however, is commercially objectionable, owing to. the necessity of maintaining a separate liquid supply for the water as well as for the fuel, and the present invention particularly contemplates the producing of a fuel in which the gasoline, kerosene or the like is permanently mixed with the water.

In. order to produce this fuel I preferably employ a mixture of kerosene, gasoline and Water which, after being mixed by agitation to produce either an emulsified or other state, is run through a homogenizing valve at an extremely high pressure, as for instance 4000 pounds to the square inch. One formula I have found to be satisfactory is to employ 9% water, 40% kerosene, gasoline and 1% emulsifying agent. It is understood that I do not limit myself to internal combustion engine,-

Applicatibn filed August 29, 1918. Serial No. 251,899.

these proportions as I may vary them within wide ranges to produce the desired product. The pressure given,"however, is mere- 19 illustrative and'may be raised or lowered depending upon the qualities of the material being treated and the product desired. 'Also n some cases it may be necessarywto mix with the oil andwater anemulsifying substance and the mixture is preferably run through the'valve while in a heated state say, at a temperature between l00and 200 F. so as to produce'a larger percentage of permanent mixture.

One type of apparatus which ma be employed for producing this fuel is s own in the patent to Gaulin No. 7 56,953, although the invention in itslfi'oader, aspects is not limited to the use with any particular 'like general characteristics similar to that of a mixture produced by. the use of the homogenizing valve above mentioned.

lVhat I claim as my invention is 1. A fuel, comprising a homogenized emulsion of hydrocarbon liquid and water,

the water content of which is dispersed throughout the emulsion in excess of the normal mixing capacity of the emulsion.

2. The method of producing fuel which comprises emulsifying hydrocarbon liquid and water, and increasing the dispersion of the water throughout the emulsion above the normal mixing capacity of the emulsion by passing the emulsion under relatively high pressure through a homogenizing process.

3. An emulsion fuel capable of explosion in an internal combustion engine, comprising a hydrocarbon oil and water, said mixture having been stabilized by' homogenizing action.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. I

CHARLES B. BELKNAP.

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